Stárek Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Stárek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stárek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia9801:10,8501,468
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Starek (1,988) are calculated separately.

Stárek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Stárek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Stárek is held by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Starek. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stárek? popularity and diffusion

The last name Stárek is the 366,000th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,398,524 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Stárek reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Czechia, where it is borne by 980 people, or 1 in 10,850. In Czechia it is most common in: Central Bohemian Region, where 22 percent are found, Prague, where 19 percent are found and Ústí nad Labem Region, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Czechia Stárek is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 0 percent are found and Slovakia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Starek941,988/
Sztárek921/
Storek83471/
Stáreková803/
Stareck7743/
Storeck7742/
Sztarek7734/
Storzek7714/
Starzek779/
Stareks778/
Sztorek771/
Starrek771/
Stark73122,548/
Stork7317,660/
Štárk731/
Stárková71842/
Starreck7112/
Starzhek7110/
Stareike712/
Stareuck711/
Storreck711/
Starke6722,848/
Storck679,567/
Starck677,574/
Staryk671,425/
Shtark671,122/
Starik67822/
Štorek67498/
Sztark67472/
Starec67399/
Shtork67335/
Storke67317/
Sztork6739/
Stairk6727/
Stareková6719/
Storyk6718/
Starex679/
Steyrk677/
Staark677/
Starkz677/
Storik676/
Stořek674/
Starkh674/
Starkt673/
Stohrk672/
Steark672/
Storkc672/
Sttark671/
Storex671/
Stourk671/
Stasrk671/
Storkt671/
Storeq671/
Starekova671/
Starík671/
Sthork671/
Sthark671/
Stoork670/
Staurk670/
Steurk670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Stárek
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